Jared Turner
Senior Product Manager at thoughtbot
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJared Turner is a Senior Product Manager with 11 years of experience leading product and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end software solutions, currently shaping product at thoughtbot. He blends hands-on technical delivery—evident from his co-founder role building Little Futures and back-end contributions to the open-source Mango manga server in Crystal—with strategic product leadership and data-driven decision making. Jared has run technology teams and BI initiatives as Head of Technology, owning roadmaps, architecture, testing, and deployment while coaching cross-functional teams. Known for turning ideas into production through rigorous iteration and UX-focused thinking, he pairs strong communication with a habit of continuous improvement. Based in Stony Stratford, he brings an entrepreneurial mindset and practical engineering fluency that helps bridge product strategy and implementation.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing & Management, Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing & Management at Adelaide University
English
Github Skills (10)
reader10
back-end-development10
crystal-lang10
webapp9
web-application9
data-structures8
data-structure8
api-design8
algorithm7
algorithms7
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
getmango/Mango
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Mango is a self-hosted manga server and web reader
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 commits, 2 PRs, 7 pushes in 21 days
Contributions summary:Jared primarily focused on improving the "Mango" manga server by addressing code typos and refactoring core components. They introduced features like "continue reading" functionality and "recently added" sections, enhancing the user experience. The commits reveal significant work in the Crystal programming language, modifying the server's routes, library structure, and data handling mechanisms. Their efforts streamlined how manga entries are managed and displayed within the application.
crystal-langcrystalhostedweb-applicationdocker
jaredlt/books
May 2017 - Nov 2021
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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